

The motor power, electronic brake, limit switches, operator buttons, and the remote E-Stop cables all passed through a cable gland plate. This allowed the customer to simply land the field wires on labeled terminal blocks instead of routing and soldering all the field connections in connectors, saving countless hours and troubleshooting during the installation. Terminal blocks were used to breakout all the multi-pin drive interfacing connectors. Shift Controls prioritizes ease of field installation for all of its designs and this panel was designed to have all the field terminations located on the top side of the enclosure. This made the panel installation and integration extremely simple. Terminal blocks were provided to easily provide power and interface all the field devices together. The panels could then be mounted where they would not interfere with the operation. Separate operator button stations were designed and constructed for the operator to control the platform lift when positioning the equipment. This modular design allowed a larger or smaller battery system to be easily implemented for future builds. Shift Controls designed a separate battery panel with integrated current protection in addition to the main control panel which included the logic, the safety system, and the operator control and sensor integration terminals. Shift Controls’ motion partners specified the linear actuator package, battery, and charger. The mobile lift cart was specified by the end customer to be battery powered and to be easily rechargeable. The safety contactor state was monitored by the safety relay for the system to be restarted. This would stop the motor and the brake would clamp the motor output shaft so the lift platform would not back drive. This would de-energize the safety contactor de-energizing the linear actuator driver, motor and electric brake release. A push from any of the three E-Stop buttons would de-energize the safety relay opening all the safety enabling paths. Shift Controls designed a safety system controlled by a safety relay with a panel mounted E-Stop, remote E-Stops, and an electronic brake release. Since this lift would be operated in close proximity to personnel, safety was paramount. Shift Controls developed mechanical drawings and wiring diagrams for project approval to ensure all the design requirements were met before construction began. The whole system was designed to be modular, mobile, and powered by rechargeable batteries. Shift Controls was approached to design a control panel to control this actuator, monitor limit switches, operator commands, and provide equipment safety.


#Lift control panel design software#
* KLEEMANN provides on request detailed traffic analysis for any type of building using the software 'ELEVATE'.A mobile platform lift cart was designed by one of our motion partners which used a large electric linear actuator for lifting equipment precisely for a manufacturing process. Integration of advanced dispatching technologies such as expert system, fuzzy logic, CAN bus and neural network ensures the elevators’ high efficiency and safety. Its efficiency can be further optimized by the advanced functions’ parameterization. The system adapts to the unique needs of each building. Operation efficiency improvement reduces the total number of lifts required. Efficient system control leads to fewer unnecessary stops and reduces the building energy consumption. The system guides passengers to the assigned lift, reduces the average waiting time and long-time waiting rate, contributing to less crowded lobbies. The destination information from the touch panel operating systems is dispatched to a central processor unit that communicates with each lift controller to efficiently distribute the landing calls. The touch panel operating systems are installed on each floor. Buildings with high traffic density between multiple floors.The number of required touch panels depends on the number of lifts. The touch panel operating systems are only installed on the ground floor, whilst conventional landing operating panels are used on the other floors. Buildings with high traffic density on the ground floor.There are two options available, according to the traffic analysis of the building: How it works ?īy entering the desired destination, the Destination Control panel responds indicating which lift is going to operate the request. The use of destination control system presupposes a building traffic analysis* which calculates average travel time, intensity of use, number of users, etc. It is mainly applicable in large buildings with an increased number of lift calls, where it is important to transport passengers rapidly, safely and without long waiting times. The Destination Control System is an additional system which increases the efficiency of the lift operation and reduces waiting times.
